Rupert Sanders

While he was an accomplished commercial director in his native England, it was an illicit affair with an American movie star that thrust Rupert Sanders into the spotlight. Sanders first made waves in...
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Filmmaker Cedric Nicolas-Troyan has been tapped to direct the upcoming Snow White And The Huntsman sequel following Frank Darabont's exit last week (ends16Jan15). The Walking Dead creator Darabont recently parted ways with project bosses at Universal Pictures over creative differences, and now Nicolas-Troyan, who scored an Oscar nomination for his visual effects work on the original film, has signed on as his replacement.
The Huntsman will feature the return of Chris Hemsworth as the title character, while Charlize Theron will also be back as the villainous Ravenna.
The new story will not feature Snow White, previously played by actress Kristen Stewart, and instead will focus on the lives of the Huntsman and Ravenna before Snow White's arrival.
Into The Woods star Emily Blunt is reportedly in talks to join Hemsworth and Theron in the forthcoming movie, which is still set to open in April, 2016.
The first film was directed by Rupert Sanders, who hit headlines when he was caught kissing the movie's leading lady, Stewart, in a Los Angeles car park after the shoot had wrapped. The fling ended his marriage and her romance with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.

A petition has been created calling for Scarlett Johansson to be replaced by an Asian actress for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Japanese comic series Ghost In The Shell. The Avengers star was announced as the lead for the first live-action movie earlier this month (Jan15), and fans of the original Japanese comics and animated films, about a cyborg detective, have set up a campaign to protest against the role being given to an American actress.
The online petition states, "The original film is set in Japan, and the major cast members are Japanese... So why would the American remake star a white actress? The industry is already unfriendly to Asian actors without roles in major films being changed to exclude them.
"(Production company) DreamWorks could be using this film to help provide opportunities for Asian-American actors in a market with few opportunities for them to shine. Please sign the petition asking them to reconsider casting Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell and select actors who are truer to the cast of the original film!"
The petition has so far attracted 15,000 signatures.
Ghost in the Shell is set to be directed by Snow White and the Huntsman moviemaker Rupert Sanders and is due for release in 2017.
It is not the only film to have caused a stir over casting choices in recent months - Sir Ridley Scott's biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings was criticised for using Caucasian actors in Middle Eastern roles.

Actress Scarlett Johansson has signed on to star in an upcoming movie adaptation of Japanese manga series Ghost In The Shell. DreamWorks studio officials had initially approached The Wolf of Wall Street star Margot Robbie to take on a lead role in the film, about a Japanese covert operations unit which specialises in fighting technology-related crimes, but she dropped out of negotiations in October (14) in favour of signing up for another graphic novel project, Suicide Squad.
Now Johansson has agreed to step in for the live-action version of Ghost In The Shell, which will be directed by Snow White and the Huntsman's Rupert Sanders, reports Variety.com.
It will be the second film adaptation of the hugely popular sci-fi series created by Masamune Shirow - director Mamoru Oshii previously took charge of an animated Ghost in the Shell in 1995.

British model Liberty Ross has "no problem" with Kristen Stewart after the actress' tryst with her husband Rupert Sanders led to the breakdown of the marriage. Ross' divorce from the director was finalised this summer (14) two years after he was snapped smooching his Snow White and the Huntsman star Stewart.
The catwalk star, who has two children with the moviemaker, has now insisted she is not angry with the young actress or her former husband over the kissing snaps.
She tells Harper's Bazaar magazine, "God, no. Ugh. People need to learn to forgive. I have no problem with anyone involved. I'm completely compassionate, I really am. No life is perfect, we all have our problems and issues... Rupert and I were together since we were very, very young. I was 18 - essentially, I married my first boyfriend. I always used to say we were more like brother and sister anyway. We'd been together for so long, we weren't really evolving together as a couple so much...
"I think we can grow from all experiences, even the most tragic, s**tty ones where you think you're going to die..."
Ross also reveals she was shocked by the public reaction to her personal crisis and hid herself away from a month to escape the spotlight.
She adds, "Unfortunately, we live in a world where everything is so overexposed that it's actually terrifying. I was horrified at how relentless and extraordinary going through something like that was."

British model Liberty Ross has opened up about her recent divorce from Rupert Sanders, insisting she has nothing but "love, respect and compassion" for the Hollywood director. The couple's marriage crumbled after Sanders was photographed kissing his Snow White and the Huntsman star Kristen Stewart in July, 2012, and Ross filed for divorce in January, 2013.
The divorce was finalised in May (14), with Ross taking possession of their former home in Los Angeles, a 15 per cent share of the profits from his movies, and joint custody of their two young children.
However, the brunette beauty is adamant the process of dissolving the marriage was not bitter.
She tells Britain's Style magazine, "I have nothing but love, respect and compassion for him... My parents taught me that life is an adventure and I embraced it."

The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont has been tapped to direct the Snow White And The Huntsman prequel. The film will see the return of Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron. Both are set to reprise their roles as The Huntsman and villainous Ravenna, respectively.
Darabont replaces Rupert Sanders who directed the first film, but grabbed headlines when he was caught kissing the movie's leading lady, Kristen Stewart, in a Los Angeles car park after the shoot had wrapped. The fling ended his marriage and her romance with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson. Stewart is not expected to return as Snow White.
Snow White and the Huntsman 2 is slated to hit cinemas in April, 2016.

Robert Pattinson has no hard feelings about his ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart after she torpedoed their romance by locking lips with a married moviemaker in 2012, insisting infidelity is "normal" among young lovers. The British actor's relationship with his Twilight co-star was rocked two years ago, when Stewart was photographed kissing her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders in a Los Angeles car park.
The illicit romance prompted Pattinson and Stewart to briefly split, before parting ways for good last year (13), while it also destroyed Sanders' marriage to model/actress Liberty Ross. Their divorce was finalised last week (ends25Jul14).
Pattinson has now opened up about the infamous fling in a candid new interview with Britain's Esquire magazine, admitting the worst part of the scandal was having to discuss it in public.
Brushing off the cheating controversy, he says, "S**t happens, you know? It's just young people... it's normal! And honestly, who gives a s**t?
"The hardest part was talking about it afterwards. Because when you talk about other people, it affects them in ways you can't predict."
The actor's dramatic personal life has also turned him into a paparazzi target, but Pattinson insists he "doesn't understand" the media's obsession with him.
Earlier this year (14), the actor sold off the Los Angeles property he once shared with Stewart, and he admits he won't miss having snappers camped outside his home.
He explains, "(The paparazzi) photographed anyone who came up to the gate, anyone who rang the bell, and they followed any car that came in and out. I used to dress up my assistant as me, and get him to drive off with like five cars following him around for hours..."
And he jokes, "Whenever I see a bunch of paparazzi hanging out, I always think, 'Oh God, what have they found out!' Oh, THAT love child! I totally forgot!'"

Model/actress Liberty Ross and her director ex Rupert Sanders have finalised their divorce. Ross split from the filmmaker after he was caught kissing his Snow White and the Huntsman leading lady Kristen Stewart in a Los Angeles car park. The illicit romance also torpedoed Stewart's romance with Robert Pattinson.
According to the settlement agreement, obtained by TMZ.com, Ross gets the family home and two other London residences, $25,000 (GBP14,700)-a-month in spousal support for the next four years and $14,000 (GBP8,300)-a-month in child support for the couple's two children.
The model, who is now reportedly dating music mogul Jimmy Iovine, also gets 15 per cent of her ex-husband's future movie profits.
She will share joint custody of the kids with Sanders.

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Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron are reprising their characters from Snow White &amp; The Huntsman for a spin-off movie.
The two stars will be back as hero and villain without Snow White, who was portrayed by Kristen Stewart in the 2012 film. Moviemaker Frank Darabont is in talks to direct the new movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Universal Pictures via Everett Collection
The original grabbed the headlines when Stewart was caught smooching with director Rupert Sanders. The fling ended his marriage and her romance with Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.

British model Liberty Ross has reached a divorce settlement with her husband Rupert Sanders two years after the director's "indiscretion" with actress Kristen Stewart became headline news. The former couple's marriage was rocked after it emerged Sanders had been photographed kissing his Snow White and the Huntsman star in July, 2012, and Ross filed for divorce in January, 2013.
Editors at TMZ.com report the stars have been negotiating a divorce settlement and an agreement was reached last week (ends25May14).
Legal documents, obtained by the website, were filed in court in California on 22 May (14) and they state Sanders handed over the former couple's Los Angeles home to Ross, while their other assets were divided up.
The former couple is parents to two young children.

Summary

While he was an accomplished commercial director in his native England, it was an illicit affair with an American movie star that thrust Rupert Sanders into the spotlight. Sanders first made waves in Hollywood when he directed "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012), a modern and dark retelling of the classic fairytale about an evil queen (Charlize Theron) determined to kill a young princess (Kristen Stewart) who was deemed the fairest in the land. As was often the case with big-budget films with big-name talent, Sanders' directorial feature debut was a blockbuster hit. Unfortunately, the shocking news that he had an affair with the much younger Stewart overshadowed the film's success, making it a kind of tainted product. The tryst heard 'round the world went public in July 2012 after incriminating photographs of Sanders, a married man with two children, and Stewart, in a relationship with her "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson, surfaced, showing them in a number of comprising positions in secluded spots around Los Angeles. Sanders wasted no time issuing a public apology to his wife and children, yet the damage that the cheating scandal inflicted upon his personal life lingered, and no doubt made it difficult for him to regain the public's respect as an actually promising filmmaker.

Married 2002; Sanders directed Ross in his feature debut "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012); He cheated on her with "Snow White and the Huntsman" star Kristen Stewart August 2012; Ross filed for divorce Jan. 25, 2013